Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-14
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
ARBOR DAY COMING.
Great Falls TO Observe the Legal
HoIiday-Gratifying Progress.
SATURDAY, MAY Il, 1887.

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Day in Great Falls. In his prb.lamtion
Gov. Leslie says:
II do hereby set apart and OBSTINATE the
third Tuesday1 9th day. of May,tss Asbor
Day for the year 1887, and deehre the
same to be a legal holiday. | exlort and
earnestly recommend that all the peonle
be prepared and spend that day in plant
ing trees, shrubs and vines, and adon and
beautify the homes, cemeteries, highways,
public grounds and landscapes in tbs ter
ritory. / also appeal to all the tea hers
having in charge public schools, ans re-
quest that they cultivate the taste and en-
courage the youth in their care to go FIFTH
on that day in the pleasure of decoral1g
and tree planting"
Great Falls has already made steaY
progress in tree culture, andis reapingta
good results that might be expected FROM
such foresight and taste. The cottonwood
trees which Mr.. Gibson has had planted
along the river front, in the Park and else
where have taken root and will soon
sprout. Mr.. Gibson has also procured
plants and seedlings for the future adorn-
ment of Great Falls. Among hs- naa
which will. be tTaasasaanted nltb time 10
taesslrsetssafaaI alHa as HsH as aoaAafe
llaMe 4 American Whntatm.
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2 - ffMS6S&6 Ii II an address
- u E7e0fgge II. Parsons, president
the Go1oradNMSfate Forestry Associa-
ton. In this admirable and comprehen-
sive lecture IN Colorado trees Mr.. Parsons
says much that concerns Montana as we'll
as the Centennial state. He says:
"Each one can help in this great work
for the forest. You can aid by your in
fiuence and money, you can induce others
to do the same; you can teach your chill
dren the beneficial influences of the forest,
and the necessity it is to our existence.you
can arouse in them a love for trees and a
careful regard for their w%elfare,a and above
all you can materially increase the num-
Der of trees on the earth by planting and
cultivating them. Plant trees around your
dwellings, and let there be a special inter
est created by causing them to commemor-
ate events of domestic and individual in
terest. Let each child have a tree of its
w to care fer and watch over, planted at
its birth, and given its name. No more
fitting monument can be erected to the |
memory of one who has passed away.
Thus beginning at youth one would by |
middle age find himself with an illustrious |
record kept in a noble series of bark
bound m~illion-leaved books. The advice
of Sir Walter Scott to his forester should
be engraved on the hearts of all: BE aye
stickEn' in a tree, Jack, it will be CROWN
while we're sleepin.' We need not go far |
fsfarit. ror AT our doors. 10 he !
had Tor the asking, are the grandest and |
most beautiful trees to be found in The |
"orld, n ii we cannot go to the forest
ana watch over them there, we can bring
them to our homes and care for them
here"
Regarding the transplanting of conifers
Whlch includes the pine, hemlock and the
like, Mr.. Parsons SAYS:
"lransplanting c%onifers may be done at
any time when there is no frostin the air.
except Ehlle they are making their first
young groWthln May or June. Perhaps
the best time is during the sprino and
summer rains. Select small trees in pref
erence to larger ones, for they have not
such a firm hold upon their location. and
adapt themselves more easily to new
places. Trees from open, rather exnosad
places will succeed better than from shady
canons. Never leave the roots for a mo-.
ment exposed to the sun and air. This is
the great secret of transplanting ever
green trees from the mountains. Kean
the roots protected. Provide yourself with |
a piece OF mating or sacking or burlap,
ana after carefully tying up the tree with I
ali the roots uninjured, and with as much S
esrth about them as possible, place it in s
Inc mating, and cover with more earth.
In planting, which should be done as soon
as possible, take the same p~reeaution about
exposure to air, digging a large hole. g
spreading out the roots, and pressing down q
the soil firmly about them. n
shade the trees during the first year. q
summer and winter, and keep the soil e
moist and cool about them. The blue r
spruce, especially, requires constant mois. v
lure until well established. The two most =
important factors in successful TRANSPLANT r
are roots well protected while moving q
md a moist, cool soil about them when II
planted. In order to retain the needed
MOISTURE and GOODNESS IN the soil as long
'osslble, 1t is best to mulch, or cover the
OH, Tor two or three feet about the tree. I.
1lth coal ashes, hay, straw or dead leaves. -
Y men The trees are well established the a,
ranches themselves will shade the ground =,
round them, and it will be only necessary =
supply them with water, which should
e sprlnkled over the whole tree as well as
n the ground around it. The end of those
which are too long should be
inehed back, by merely pinching off the "a
OF the new growth as it forms. A tree
lould never have more than one leader. WI
i'd when this should be lost ard two or
lree others start up in its place, one of asl
should be selected and the others y
nched back. inthis simple way requir- Al
g only a little watchful care from time Gel
time, you will soon have a compact. g
'Tamidal, perfectly formed tree, a charm -
g monument Of vegetable beauty, whose
and and lofty qualities will never